Common use of Commencement of the Process Clause in Contracts

Commencement of the Process. (a) The Office of the Interconnection shall initiate the enhancement and expansion study process if (i) required as a result of a need for transfer capability identified by the Office of the Interconnection in its evaluation of requests for firm transmission service with a term of one year or more or as a result of the Office of the Interconnection's on-going evaluation of transmission system adequacy and performance; (ii) identified as a result of the MAAC reliability assessment or more stringent local reliability criteria, if any; (iii) constraints or available transfer capability shortage are identified by the Office of the Interconnection as a result of generation additions or retirements, evaluation of load forecasts or proposals for the addition of Transmission Facilities in the PJM Control Area; or (iv) expansion of the transmission system is proposed by the Regional Transmission Owners or others.